Systems and methods for detecting, monitoring, and mitigating the presence of a drone using frequency hopping

A method for detecting presence of a drone, the method comprising:

• receiving a first RF signal transmitted between a first drone and a first drone controller, the first RF signal including a first frequency hopping sequence;
• obtaining a parameter model that represents the first frequency hopping sequence, the parameter model comprising a plurality of model parameters that model the first frequency hopping sequence;
• fitting the parameter model to a set of samples by:
• constructing a plurality of instances of the parameter model, each instance associated with a different subset of samples from the set of samples, and
• evaluating a fitting error between each of the subsets of samples and the associated instance of the parameter model,
• selecting an instance from the plurality of instances based on the fitting error associated with each of the subsets of samples, and
• identifying the first drone based on the selected instance of the parameter model.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to:

• receive a first RF signal transmitted between a first drone and a first drone controller, the first RF signal including a first frequency hopping sequence;
• obtain a parameter model that represents the first frequency hopping sequence, the parameter model comprising a plurality of model parameters that model the first frequency hopping sequence;
• fit the parameter model to a set of samples by:
• constructing a plurality of instances of the parameter model, each instance associated with a different subset of samples from the set of samples, and
• evaluating a fitting error between each of the subsets of samples and the associated instance of the parameter model,
• select an instance from the plurality of instances based on the fitting error associated with each of the subsets of samples, and
• identify the first drone based on the selected instance of the parameter model.